Presumably this should be prima
Days, Months, and Seasons in Latin
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It is ... thank you. The error is mine (a typo). Again, thanks for catching this.
This is informative. I must confess this is something I know little to nothing about. This is something, which I shall look into.
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The latest update on Dies, Menses et Tempi is attached.
This collaborative effort is quite wonderful ... thank you!
I presume you mean tempora rather than tempi.
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Here are additional (new) words about time that I overlooked and/or did not know. I confess that I am not completely certain about some of them.
Anno Domini
Ante Christum (natum)
Hora, -ae, f.
Semihora
Quarta horae
Aeon = Aeonothema
Aera = Areathema
Periodus = Systema
Epocha = Series
Aetas = Statdium
Chronos = Chronozona
Sacra Feria Secunda (Holy Monday)
Tenebrae (Holy Tuesday)
Dies Cenae Domini (Spy Wednesday)
Triduum Paschale
Sabbatum Sanctum (Holy Saturday)
Pascha (Easter Sunday)
Aetas Lapidea (Stone Age)
Aenea Aetas (Bronze Age)
Aetas Ferrea (Iron Age)
Aetas Aurea (Golden Age)
Anno Domini
Ante Christum (natum)
Hora, -ae, f.
Semihora
Quarta horae
Aeva Geologica
Aeon = Aeonothema
Aera = Areathema
Periodus = Systema
Epocha = Series
Aetas = Statdium
Chronos = Chronozona
Hebdomada Sancta
Sacra Feria Secunda (Holy Monday)
Tenebrae (Holy Tuesday)
Dies Cenae Domini (Spy Wednesday)
Triduum Paschale
Feria VI in Passione Domini (Maundy Thursday)Sabbatum Sanctum (Holy Saturday)
Pascha (Easter Sunday)
Aeva
Medium Aevum (Middle Ages)Aetas Lapidea (Stone Age)
Aenea Aetas (Bronze Age)
Aetas Ferrea (Iron Age)
Aetas Aurea (Golden Age)
x hora cum unica x:05
x hora cum sextante x:10
x hora cum quadrante x:15
x hora cum triente x:20
x hora cum quincunce x:25
x hora cum dimidia x:30
x hora cum septunce x:35
x hora cum besse x:40
x+1 hora cum dodrante x:45
x+1 hora cum dextrante x:50
x+1 hora cum deunce x:55
Wow! Wow! I had no idea about the immensity of words dealing with time.
These constructions are obviously not classical, but the fractions they use are.
An impressive collection, I don't think I ever came across bes before.
Why 'cum' rather than the more usual et?
You mean 'uncia', not 'unica'.
I don't quite understand why you write 'x+1'.
There's also sēmuncia - and sesquihōra.
That is just how it was written out for me. nona hora cum deunce 8:55
Then I must be wrong. Scratch those x+1s!
Greetings
(referring to the time of day)
(referring to the time of day)
“Bonum mane, Domine.”
(“Salve, mane, Amice.”)
“Bona vespera, Carolina”
(“Salve, nocte tranquilla”)
Bona nocte, Marce!
(“Bene dormi!”)
Bonum diem, Stephane
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These all seem rather doubtful expressions to me, and many are simply grammatically incorrect. The Romans mostly used saluē, aue, ualē, and their variants without worrying unduly about the time of day. cf. eg. Martial epigrams 1.68, where it is specifically said to be dawn and the greeting is aue.“Bonum mane, Domine.”
(“Salve, mane, Amice.”)
“Bona vespera, Carolina”
(“Salve, nocte tranquilla”)
Bona nocte, Marce!
(“Bene dormi!”)
Bonum diem, Stephane
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For 'sleep well', I suspect one would say something like bene dormiās; the closest is a line from Tibullus:
et “bene” discēdēns dīcet “placidēque quiēscās, ...
and, as he goes, will say: “Sleep well and peacefully, ..." (Loeb tr.)
(Tib. II.v.49)
But this is actually said at someone's tomb, so it's a rather different kind of sleep.
I don't know if such time-specific greetings were created in the medieval period; but almost certainly there will be something in Erasmus' colloquia.
I like bene dormiās ... I shall add this one!
Should it be the following, Bona Mane instead of Bonum Mane? I unfortunately took these from Omniglot. Mea culpa!